Gonostoma Rafinesque, 1810

Villarins, Bárbara T., Dario, Fabio Di, Eduardo, Leandro N., Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud, Prokofiev, Artem M. & Mincarone, Michael M., 2022, Deep-sea dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) collected from off northeastern Brazil, with a review of the species reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology (e 220004) 20 (2), pp. 1-78 : 11

Gonostoma Rafinesque, 1810

Diagnosis. Gonostoma can be distinguished in the Gonostomatidae by the anal opening close to the anal-fin origin; anal-fin origin in advance of, or opposite to, dorsal-fin origin; absence of elongate rays in dorsal and anal fins; head and trunk longer than tail; 15–18 gill-rakers; no photophores on isthmus; no minute photophores on body or head; two rows of conspicuous photophores along the body (lateral and ventral series); first 5–6 IV forming an arch; upper jaw teeth in a single row, with a series of long, slender, subequal teeth interspaced with shorter teeth (Grey, 1964; Mukhacheva, 1972; Schaefer et al., 1986a). Two valid species (Schaefer et al., 1986a; Miya, Nishida, 2000; Fricke et al., 2022).